Active Home Question

[David White]

Still somewhat of a newbie... I am using ActiveHome 1.42 with my CM11A.
My computer is connected to the CM11A and the communications routines
are running. But I when a macro I have downloaded into the CM11A goes
off, I do not see anything in the communications log. I do, however, see
the results of the macro being run. Is this expected behavior? Thanks.

[BruceR]

Make sure that in the configuration menu you are monitoring the correct
housecode.

David White wrote:
> Still somewhat of a newbie... I am using ActiveHome 1.42 with my
> CM11A. My computer is connected to the CM11A and the communications
> routines are running. But I when a macro I have downloaded into the
> CM11A goes off, I do not see anything in the communications log. I
> do, however, see the results of the macro being run. Is this expected
> behavior? Thanks.

[David White]

As always, thanks for the response, Bruce. That was a good guess. But
alas, both the house code on the Tools menu and the Monitored Housed
Code on the Config menu are both set to the same code as are the devices
that are going on/off. I can see the activity when I turn the device
on/off from inside Active Home or from a mini controller. So it seems
odd that I do not see them when the CM11A generates them when running a
macro.

BruceR wrote:
> Make sure that in the configuration menu you are monitoring the correct
> housecode.
>
> David White wrote:
>> Still somewhat of a newbie... I am using ActiveHome 1.42 with my
>> CM11A. My computer is connected to the CM11A and the communications
>> routines are running. But I when a macro I have downloaded into the
>> CM11A goes off, I do not see anything in the communications log. I
>> do, however, see the results of the macro being run. Is this expected
>> behavior? Thanks.
>
>

[BruceR]

That does seem strange but the CM11a is a pretty limited device and I
haven't used one in years so I don't remember how it worked when I had
one.

David White wrote:
> As always, thanks for the response, Bruce. That was a good guess. But
> alas, both the house code on the Tools menu and the Monitored Housed
> Code on the Config menu are both set to the same code as are the
> devices that are going on/off. I can see the activity when I turn the
> device on/off from inside Active Home or from a mini controller. So
> it seems odd that I do not see them when the CM11A generates them
> when running a macro.
>
> BruceR wrote:
>> Make sure that in the configuration menu you are monitoring the
>> correct housecode.
>>
>> David White wrote:
>>> Still somewhat of a newbie... I am using ActiveHome 1.42 with my
>>> CM11A. My computer is connected to the CM11A and the communications
>>> routines are running. But I when a macro I have downloaded into the
>>> CM11A goes off, I do not see anything in the communications log. I
>>> do, however, see the results of the macro being run. Is this
>>> expected behavior? Thanks.

[MarcB]

David White wrote:

> Still somewhat of a newbie... I am using ActiveHome 1.42 with my CM11A.
> My computer is connected to the CM11A and the communications routines
> are running. But I when a macro I have downloaded into the CM11A goes
> off, I do not see anything in the communications log. I do, however, see
> the results of the macro being run. Is this expected behavior? Thanks.

I think that is the essence of a macro.
you load it in the CM11 device, and it takes care of it without
further action of your PC.

You load a number of timed actions in the little box,
you switch off your PC and let the thing do what you asked it to do.

Note that this is only my interpretation of what I read in the manual,
I could very well be wrong as I just bought the thing and I am trying to get
it working in Linux.

--
MarcB

[Charles Sullivan]

On Sat, 17 May 2008 14:48:37 -0700, David White wrote:

> Still somewhat of a newbie... I am using ActiveHome 1.42 with my CM11A.
> My computer is connected to the CM11A and the communications routines
> are running. But I when a macro I have downloaded into the CM11A goes
> off, I do not see anything in the communications log. I do, however, see
> the results of the macro being run. Is this expected behavior? Thanks.

When a macro downloaded to the CM11A's EEPROM is executed, the only thing
the CM11A reports back to the PC is that a macro at EEPROM address xxx
has been executed - there are no details as to what commands are
transmitted.

It's up to the software to look up and translate the macro commands
at that address using the saved copy of the EEPROM memory image, but
ActiveHome doesn't do that.

Regards,
Charles Sullivan